ScorpioBloodAug 11, 2023
George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

Justice Elena Kagan must be rolling her eyes so hard right now. She once told her friends not to send her free bagels and lox because she'd have to report the gift.

Meanwhile, Clarence Thomas is a one-man pay-to-play shop for billionaires with private jets and luxury vacas.

Aug 10, 2023 at 10:28pmWeb
Show threadKevin Karhan Aug 10, 2023
@georgetakei the fact that said judge isn't being forcibly retired if not deposed off for corruption is the scandal!
Show threadComrade WeezAug 10, 2023
@kkarhan The way to 'forcibly retire' a SCOTUS justice is via impeachment. There are insufficient votes in Congress at the moment to successfully impeach Thomas. After all, he's one of the Republicans' ringers. @georgetakei
Show threadKevin Karhan Aug 10, 2023

@weezmgk @georgetakei

Okay so in short the #USA's system is easier to #exploit and game than the #Weihmar republic since it runs the same OS since 1776 and the #POTUS is just an elected monarch...

Show threadComrade WeezAug 10, 2023
@kkarhan Quite a lot of the US system relies on legislators working in good faith for the people. There are checks available from each branch on the other two. I don't think the founders anticipated control of any one of them to fall to fascists. Electoral College is anachronistic and was created to shield control of the Presidency from uneducated or illiterate voters. Very elitist. However, POTUS is not an elected monarch, despite Trump trying to treat the position as such. @georgetakei
Show threadBeverly BamburyAug 11, 2023
@kkarhan @weezmgk @georgetakei This is obviously not correct. If the president was a monarch then congress blocking what the president tried to do wouldn't work now, would it?
Show threadVärldens bästa Kille™Aug 11, 2023

@kkarhan @georgetakei @beverlybambury @weezmgk Very debatable. Monarchy, as anachronistic and disturbing as it is, doesn’t equal dictatorship.

And a president needn’t be very powerful.

//Greetings from Sweden, and a nod to Finland.

Show threadt4hiroAug 10, 2023

@kkarhan @georgetakei

I read that as "disposed of"... and could only summon a raised eyebrow...

Show threadSvavarAug 10, 2023

@georgetakei "vacas" is Spanish for "cows".

I now realise you meant vacations.

Show threadAda Ґ.Aug 10, 2023

@svavar @georgetakei

Hah and I just realized he meant to type “vacays”. 😆

Show threadGeorge Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Aug 11, 2023
@adrcatgul @svavar Oops! Yes, no 'cows' here. 😂
Show threadAda Ґ.Aug 11, 2023

@georgetakei @svavar

Though if there such a thing as
Luxury Cows, I’m sure Clarence would have received those, too. 😩

Show threadAaronAug 10, 2023
@svavar @georgetakei LOL
Show threadAaronAug 10, 2023
@svavar @georgetakei Luxury cows are so posh
Show threadPeachMcDAug 11, 2023
@hosford42 @svavar @georgetakei
Every judge needs at least one
💰🐄😜🐄💩
Show threadMonicaCanAug 10, 2023
@georgetakei that guy (and others!) needs to be impeached!!
Show threadMillicentAug 10, 2023
@georgetakei I remember seeing a news article a few years ago with a picture of the happy couple drinking a $900 bottle of wine at their home. On a salary of what, $200,000?! Psstshew #clarencethomas
Show threadGeorge Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Aug 11, 2023
@Millicent Wow!
Show threadJumping MouseAug 10, 2023
@georgetakei I hope an anonymous donor sends that woman a dozenlox bagels with shmear...
Show threaddiscountstorytimeAug 11, 2023
@muthanight @georgetakei Me agree. 😃
"Lox her up!"
"Lox her up!"
"Lox her up!"
Show threadJumping MouseAug 11, 2023
@eeyorc
😂
Show threadZaphodOfTexasAug 10, 2023

@georgetakei They both know why they're on the Court.

Kagan is there because she's qualified. Always was.

Thomas is there because he's a right winger, and therefore always a grifter.

Show threadJason Petersen (he)Aug 10, 2023
@georgetakei yes, she was wrong to say that.
Show threadMark NovakAug 10, 2023
@georgetakei Stealing
Show threadDanaBlankenhornAug 10, 2023

@georgetakei Morality is what happens when no one is looking and you know you can get away with it.

Justice Kagan is moral. Knowing you're moral is a good feeling. Being tested. Passing the test.

Show threadungivisheAug 11, 2023
@DanaBlankenhorn @georgetakei I'm guessing brazenly flouting legal and morality norms with zero consequences is a pretty decent feeling as well
Show threadUncle CharlieAAug 11, 2023
@georgetakei according to the company I work for, it’s a fireable offense to accept gifts valued over $75…
Show threadJake WoodAug 11, 2023
@georgetakei nothing short of despicable
Show threadTammy GentzelAug 11, 2023
@georgetakei I once served on a nonprofit committee with a local judge. He recused himself from a misdemeanor case I was involved in because we “knew each other.” I always thought ALL judges were held to the same rigid standards. Not happy to learn they are not.
Show threadKelly BrownAug 11, 2023
@Lil_Kelly_Brown
Show threadaethervisionAug 11, 2023
@georgetakei I, for one, thought Justice Thomas was simply brilliant in Django Unchained.
Show threadScott GrimmettAug 11, 2023
@georgetakei The people that bang on about Meritocracy need to explain why their meritocracy first identified a black person of the calibre of Thomas and only much later managed to find a person of the calibre of Kagan.
Show threadgheemAug 11, 2023
@georgetakei the thing that makes me sick is I bet the gop will say we are being racist for calling out Thomas for his corruption. That will be happening anytime now.
Show threadDiane GoldsteinAug 11, 2023
@georgetakei it should be referred to across all headlines and media outlets as The Robert’s Corrupt Court
Show threaddawnfryAug 11, 2023

@georgetakei
We could have a Supreme Court judicial ethics policy with teeth if Biden would just go ahead pack the court. It’s entirely within his power. Don’t think the Republicans will hesitate for a second to expand the court the moment they lose the majority and have the Presidency back in hand. They’ve already blocked Judicial nominations from Democrat presidents. They will go further.

The GOP’s promises mean absolutely nothing, as they have proven time and time again. Democrats have to learn that they can’t make deals with people who don’t act in good faith. Lucy isn’t going to leave that football on the ground, Charlie Brown!

The Democratic Party needs to stop using the terrible, corrupt, and horrifically damaging SC decisions for election fodder, and actually fix the problem. They have the power.

#PackTheCourt
#AppeasementNeverWorks
#CorruptSupremeCourt
#DemocratsAreComplicit
#SupremeCourtEthicsRefom

Show threadCuriousMatterAug 11, 2023
@georgetakei Well, they were undoubtedly really, really good bagels.
Show threadmarkusdude1000Aug 11, 2023
@georgetakei Yeah, right, George.
New Report on SCOTUS Would Have Liberals Screaming If It Were Justice Thomas https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2023/07/11/sotomayor-staff-prodded-institutions-to-buy-her-books-n2625568
New Report on SCOTUS Would Have Liberals Screaming If It Were Justice Thomas

 

Townhall
Show threadAriaflameAug 11, 2023
@MarkusDude1000 @georgetakei I don't care which of them is on the take. If they're on the take they should be removed.
Show threadmarkusdude1000Aug 11, 2023
@georgetakei Absolutely agree. If it's really "on the take". Big diff when you don't recuse yourself when it's obvious (Sotomayor) and where the need to recuse doesn't arise (Thomas). Sotomayor probably should have recused with case involving her own publisher (same company working with Breyer, who did recuse) but I have no reason to believe she voted a certain way bcz of it. Using her staff to help sell her books is another issue. Thomas has not done either.
Show threadGeorgeAug 12, 2023
@georgetakei
Clarence ‘s lack of forbearance gives the appearance that gifts buy interference 😁